Budget Saving ProposalsJanuary 2014 #MonmouthshireEngages

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The reality• Funding to councils has been cut. • Situation is severe and deteriorating.

We need to find a way of delivering public services with less money

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MCC gets the LEAST funding compared to the rest of Wales

What does this mean for Monmouthshire?

We need to make huge savings:£9.3 million for 2014/15plus £10.7 million over next 3

years

We need your help and ideas

What are our priorities?

• Education• Vulnerable people• Businesses and job opportunities

Feedback at the October events showed that you agreed with this

What do we spend money on?

Where do we get our income from?

Only 32% of our budget comes from Council Tax

October events:What happened with your ideas?

• We met with you in October and you gave us lots of ideas about how we can do things ‘different, better, cheaper’

• We ranked them to determine which were the best ones.

• 52 ideas were ranked in the top category – best• Of the 52:

– 27 were something we already do– 25 are new

Some ideas we are working on

You said: “Charge to use the internet/computers in the library”So: We are now charging for non-members in all libraries

You said: “Grounds maintenance – give this over to town councils or community groups” So: We are in discussion with Caldicot Town Council, others to follow

You said: “How about a Monmouthshire lottery?”

So: We’re working on it. It looks positive.

What’s happened so far?• We’ve have put together budget proposals

for next year • We have some longer term ideas that need

further work

Now, we need to know:

What you think?

Summary of savings for 2014/15

Savings proposed to come from:• Employee costs £3.189 million• Supplies and services £2.561 million• Premises costs £322k• Transport costs £186k• Income generation £314k

Cheaper, better, different

Making moneyWe can make money from getting more customers and/or increasing prices:• Leisure services £125k• Careline services £30k• Community meals £30k• Schools meals take up and price increase

£69K• Green waste charge increase £60k

Cheaper, better, different

Savings from reductions in services• Reduced grants to community groups £200k• Street lighting – dimming and turning off at

designated times £180k• Reduction in street sweeping and pest control

services £195k• Remove the discretionary elements in post 16

and SEN college transport £95k• Reduce Additional Learning Needs budget

£140k Cheaper, better, different

Savings from changing services• Tourism and museums service £245k• Working with individuals, families and

communities to find other ways of supporting vulnerable people £400k

• Changing day provision for people with learning disability £160k

• Transfer maintenance of parks and public conveniences to other organisations £100k

• Provide schools library service differently £30kCheaper, better, different

Local Area Coordination Video

Savings from back office service

Efficiency savings• Staff £2.479 million• Premises £298k• Transport £141k• Supplies and services £1.160 million

Cheaper, better, different

What about Council Tax?For next year:

3% increase would generate £1.145 million

Options to help fill the budget gap?

An extra 1% generates an additional £382kAn extra 2% generates an additional £764k

Council tax charges – MCC onlyCurrent 3% 4% 5%

Bands 2013/14 increase increase increaseA 669.13 20.07 26.77 33.46B 780.65 23.42 31.23 39.03C 892.17 26.77 35.69 44.61D 1003.69 30.11 40.15 50.18E 1226.73 36.80 49.07 61.34F 1449.77 43.49 57.99 72.49G 1672.82 50.18 66.91 83.64H 2007.38 60.22 80.30 100.37I 2341.94 70.26 93.68 117.10

What does all this really mean?

• We have worked hard to minimise the impact on services

• We still have a long way to go• We have no option – Council Tax will go up• We still need your help and ideas – it’s the

only way we can succeed

Questions

• Views on council tax levels• What do you think about the proposals?• Any other issues, anything missing?

Important dates

• More events around the county this month• 31st January - consultation ends • 12th February- final budget proposals to

cabinet • 27th February - Council Tax set at full council